Seton Hall University has blasted a move from its former president to arbitrate the claims in his now-dismissed whistleblower suit against the New Jersey school as "gamesmanship" after he had previously not sought out arbitration.
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Seton Hall Rips Ex-Prez's Bid To Arbitrate Whistleblower Row

By Jake Maher

Seton Hall University has blasted a move from its former president to arbitrate the claims in his now-dismissed whistleblower suit against the New Jersey school as "gamesmanship" after he had previously not sought out arbitration.

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Cross River Bank Beats Suit Over Alleged Solar Loan Scheme

By Sydney Price

New Jersey-based Cross River Bank has, for now, escaped a proposed class action from an investor in solar technology company Sunlight Financial who accused the bank of overlending to risky borrowers in Sunlight's solar loan program as its financial partner.

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Mass. Judge Blocks Trump's 'Chaotic' College Data Collection

By Chris Villani

A Massachusetts federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's bid to collect seven years' worth of race and gender admissions data at colleges and universities, ruling the "rushed and chaotic manner" in which the government's order unfolded violated the law.

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Fraud Claims Survive Pot Lender's Contract Breach Suit

By Mike Curley

A New York federal judge dismissed the bulk of a suit from Advanced Flower Capital Inc. alleging lawyers from Loevy & Loevy misled the lender and breached a $46 million loan agreement, but let the fraud claims against one attorney move forward.

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NJ Top Court Snapshot: ICE Detention, Megan's Law

By George Woolston

The New Jersey Supreme Court in March granted petitions for certification and leaves for appeal on issues ranging from late tort notice claims to medical malpractice liability.

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Analysis

Case-By-Case Guide As Justices Eye Landmark Pharma Law

By Jeff Overley

Drugmakers and prominent allies are inundating the U.S. Supreme Court with calls to scrutinize Medicare's new power to slash payments by tens of billions of dollars, and the justices look poised to take up or turn down a fistful of legal challenges in one fell swoop.

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EDITORIAL BOARDS

Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2026 Editorial Advisory Boards.

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REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT

Roundup

Real Estate Recap: FIFA, Data Center Litigation

By Real Estate Authority Staff

Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including a look at the groundwork hotels and real estate owners have laid for the upcoming FIFA Men's World Cup and five legal cases over data center projects.

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THIRD CIRCUIT

3rd Circ. Preview: Arbitration Limits, Power Plant Safety

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The Third Circuit in April is set to examine the limits of an arbitrator's authority to change awards once they've been made, potentially defining the restraints of commercial arbitration rules and when rulings can be revisited.

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Del Monte Minority Lenders Lose 3rd Circ. Appeal Bid

By Alex Wittenberg

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge has rejected a lender group's request to certify a Del Monte Foods settlement order for appeal to the Third Circuit, finding that the order reflected a fact-intensive application of settled law and did not present the kind of pure legal question that would warrant appellate review.

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LITIGATION

State AGs Latest To Oppose Trump's Mail Ballot Order

By Carolyn Muyskens

Attorneys general in 23 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Friday challenging President Donald Trump's executive order placing limits on mail-in voting, joining voting-rights advocates and Democratic leaders in claiming the order exceeds the president's authority.

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States Warn Of Executive Overreach In $100K H-1B Fee Fight

By Ganesh Setty

A group of 20 states challenging the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on H-1B visa petitions slammed its position that the policy isn't reviewable, telling a Massachusetts federal court the government would essentially have a blank check to usurp congressional authority under its rationale.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Parsing Rule 12(c) Motion Overuse In Securities Class Actions

Defendants in securities class actions have more frequently been filing motions for judgment on the pleadings following the denial of motions to dismiss, but courts have recently demonstrated an increasing willingness to reject these previously rare motions, finding them transparent attempts to relitigate already-decided issues, say attorneys at Labaton Keller.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Pregnant DLA Piper Atty Fired For 'Sloppy' Work, Jury Told

By Pete Brush

A former trademark associate told a Manhattan federal jury Monday that DLA Piper "blindsided" her with termination after she announced she was pregnant, but the BigLaw firm countered that she was fired for "repeated mistakes" and other on-the-job shortcomings.

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Files Of 10 Jones Day Clients Breached In Cyberattack

By Aebra Coe

Jones Day is the latest law firm to be hit by a cyberattack, the firm confirmed Monday, revealing that an unauthorized party accessed files of 10 clients.

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Troutman, Ex-Associate Reach Deal In Discrimination Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A former Troutman Pepper Locke LLP associate asked a D.C. federal court Monday to pause a suit as the two sides have reported they had reached a settlement agreement over her discrimination claims against the firm, sidestepping a trial set to begin next month.

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Ex-EEOC Leaders Back BigLaw Firms In Trump EO Appeal

By Patrick Hoff

A group of former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission officials are backing four BigLaw firms in the Trump administration's consolidated D.C. Circuit appeal seeking to revive executive orders targeting the firms, arguing the president's directives contradict how Congress meant for the EEOC to operate.

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Jackson Walker, Sorrento CEO Hit With RICO Suit Over Ch. 11

By Emlyn Cameron

More than a dozen Sorrento Therapeutics shareholders sued law firm Jackson Walker LLP and the defunct biopharmaceutical company's ex-CEO for over $100 million, accusing them of conspiring to launch an unnecessary bankruptcy in an irrelevant jurisdiction.

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Analysis

Can State Courts Tame The 'Wild West' Of Judicial Security?

By Cara Bayles

As threats against local judges continue to ramp up, protection and incident tracking varies not only from state to state but county to county, making it difficult to draw the national judicial security landscape. Now, lawmakers are looking to use federal resources to even out disparities.

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LSC Seeks $2.14B As White House Pushes To Slash Funding

By Marco Poggio

The Legal Services Corp. is asking Congress for $2.14 billion in fiscal year 2027 to fund civil legal services for low-income Americans who cannot afford an attorney.

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Atty Convicted Of Staging Truck Crashes Seeks New Trial

By Parker Quinlan

A disbarred New Orleans attorney has asked a federal judge in Louisiana for a new insurance fraud trial, arguing a suite of issues from her federal trial last month caused her to receive what she described in a filing as a "miscarriage of justice."

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Trump Orders Could Chill US Arbitration, Group Warns

By Caroline Simson

The College of Commercial Arbitrators has urged the D.C. Circuit to reject the Trump administration's consolidated D.C. Circuit appeal seeking to revive executive orders yanking the security clearances of four BigLaw firms, arguing a contrary ruling would "imperil" arbitration in the U.S.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Loses Bid To Shake ICE Obstruction Conviction

By Lauren Berg

A federal judge Monday refused to overturn a former Wisconsin state judge's conviction for helping shield a defendant in her courtroom from arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, rejecting her contention that, because ICE had no authority to make the arrest in the courthouse, there was no obstruction.

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Ill. Justices Want MAGA Op-Ed Author Judge's Claims Axed

By Emily Sawicki

Illinois Supreme Court justices have asked a Chicago federal judge to throw out constitutional claims filed by a retired Illinois state trial court judge alleging he was wrongfully terminated over protected speech in a political opinion column, with the justices arguing the federal court should not interfere with a state court matter.

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Justices Clear Path For DOJ To Dismiss Bannon's Conviction

By Cara Salvatore

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated an appeals court's order upholding Steve Bannon's conviction over his nonresponse to a congressional subpoena investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, clearing the way for the Justice Department to dismiss his indictment.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured a mix of high-profile corporate disputes, insider trading allegations, contract fights and significant rulings shaping fiduciary duty and deal litigation.

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Adams Duerk

Adler & Stachenfeld

Akerman LLP

Akin Gump

Alto Litigation

Anderson Kill

Angeli & Calfo

Archer & Greiner

ArentFox Schiff

Arnold & Porter

Axinn Veltrop

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Botts

Baker Donelson

Barnes & Thornburg

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Barton LLP

Bass Berry

Berger Montague

Berger Singerman

Bernstein Litowitz

Blank Rome

Block & Leviton

Bock Hatch

Boies Schiller

Botkin Chiarello

Bowman & Brooke

Boyden Gray

Bracewell LLP

Bradley Arant

Brann & Isaacson

Brockstedt Mandalas

Brown Rudnick

Bryan Cave

Bush Seyferth

Chaiken Ghali

Clement & Murphy

Cohen & Buckmann

Cohen Milstein

Cohen Seglias

Cole Schotz

Conn Maciel

Cooley LLP

Coplan & Crane

Covington & Burling

Cox Castle

Cozen O'Connor

Cravath Swaine

Crowell & Moring

DLA Piper

Davis Polk

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dechert LLP

Dentons

DiCello Levitt

Duane Morris

Dykema

Dynamis LLP

Eimer Stahl

Engstrom Lee

Eversheds Sutherland

Faegre Drinker

Fairmark Partners LLP

Fears Law

Fenwick & West

Filippatos PLLC

Fluet & Associates PLLC

Foley & Lardner

Foley Hoag

Fox Rothschild

Frantz Ward

Freshfields

Fried Frank

Friedman Kaplan

Genova Burns

Gibson Dunn

Gimbel Reilly

Girard Sharp

Glenn Agre

Goldberg Segalla

Goldman Ismail

Goodwin Procter

Gouchev Law

Grant & Eisenhofer

Greenberg Traurig

HSF Kramer

HWG LLP

Hangley Aronchick

Haviland Hughes

Haynes Boone

Hecker Fink

Hobbs Straus

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Hollingsworth LLP

Honigman LLP

Hughes Hubbard

Hurwitz Sagarin

Husch Blackwell

Hyman Phelps

Ice Miller

Jackson Lewis PC

Jackson Walker LLP

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

K&L Gates

Katten Muchin

Keker Van

Kelley Drye

Kennedys Law LLP

Kilpatrick Townsend

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Kleinbard LLC

Kostelanetz LLP

Kreindler & Kreindler

Kutak Rock

Labaton Keller

Landye Bennett

Langsam Stevens

Lanier Law Firm

Latham & Watkins

Lauro & Singer

Law Office of Annie M. Ellis

Law Offices of Moffa Sutton

Lee Segui

Lewis Brisbois

Lieff Cabraser

Linklaters LLP

Liskow & Lewis

Littler Mendelson

Loeb & Loeb

Loevy & Loevy

Lowey Dannenberg

Lynch Carpenter

Manatt Phelps

Maslon LLP

Mayer Brown

McCarter & English

McDermott Will & Schulte

McGuireWoods

Michael Best & Friedrich

Milbank LLP

Miller Waxler

Mintz Levin

MoloLamken

Moore & Van Allen

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

Motta Law

Munck Wilson

Munger Tolles

Napoli Shkolnik

Nelson Mullins

Nicolaides Fink

Niro McAndrews

Nixon Peabody

Norton Rose

Nukk Freeman

O'Melveny & Myers

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Ogletree Deakins

Orrick Herrington

Pachulski Stang

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Parker Poe

Pashman Stein

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

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Polsinelli PC

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Potter Anderson

Procopio Cory

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Richards Layton

Riley Safer

Rimon PC

Robins Kaplan

Robinson Bradshaw

Ropes & Gray

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Rose Immigration Law Firm

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Seyfarth Shaw

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Shook Hardy

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Steptoe LLP

Sterlington PLLC

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Stevens & Lee

Stradley Ronon

Strang Bradley

Sullivan & Cromwell

Susman Godfrey

Thompson Hine

Tripp Scott

Troutman

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UB Greensfelder

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Venable LLP

Warner Norcross

Weber Gallagher

Weitz Firm

White & Case

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Wiggin LLP

Wiley Rein

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Wilson Elser

Winston & Strawn

Wolf Popper

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AARP Inc.

AE Industrial Partners LP

AbbVie Inc.

Affordable Care LLC

Altria Group Inc.

American Bar Association

Amica Center for Immigrant Rights

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

Astellas Pharma Inc.

AstraZeneca PLC

B&G Foods Inc.

B. Riley Financial Inc.

Baretz & Brunelle LLC

Biogen Inc.

Boehringer Ingelheim Corp.

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc.

Boyer Co.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Burford Capital LLC

CACI International Inc.

Coinbase Global Inc.

Cousins Properties Inc.

Cross River Bank

Del Monte Foods Inc.

EarthLink Inc.

Elevance Health Inc.

Emerson Electric Co.

Enovix Corp.

Exxon Mobil Corp.

FM Global

FanDuel Inc.

Federation Internationale de Football Association

FirstEnergy Corp.

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.

Freshworks Inc.

GLS Capital LLC

Great American Insurance Co.

Ingerman

Integer Holdings Corp.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Johnson & Johnson

KPMG International

Lexitas Legal

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

LinkedIn Corp.

Merck & Co. Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

NERA Economic Consulting Inc.

Natera Inc.

National Association of Realtors

National Federation of Independent Business

National Foreign Trade Council

New Jersey Transit Corp.

News Corp.

Novartis AG

Novo Nordisk A S

PG&E Corp.

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America

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PlayAGS Inc.

Prospect Capital Management LP

RealPage Inc.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Riot Games Inc.

Rivian Automotive LLC

Rocket Cos.

Rocket Mortgage LLC

Sorrento Therapeutics Inc.

Sun Life Financial Inc.

Tesla Inc.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The Boeing Co.

The Kraft Heinz Co.

The Walt Disney Co.

Tilray Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

UCLA School of Law

Uber Technologies Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc.

Viatris Inc.

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Washington Legal Foundation

Wells Fargo & Co.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.

Yardi Systems Inc.

eBay Inc.

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Legal Services Corp.

Morongo Band of Mission Indians

National Center for Education Statistics

New Jersey Office of the Public Defender

New Jersey Supreme Court

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Texas Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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U.S. Department of Defense

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U.S. Senate

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